Fozzie Bear has packed up the entire cast of The Muppet Show and brought them with him to surprise his mother Emily Bear on her isolated farm for Christmas. There's just one problem: Emily's scheduled a trip to Malibu and rented out the farm house to Doc (from the US version of Fraggle Rock), who's looking forward to a quiet Christmas in the country. Despite his protests, they're soon joined by the Sesame Street gang; complicating the matter, "the worst blizzard in fifty years" is preparing to slam the region, and Miss Piggy is missing in action. Throw in the Fraggles and even a bit of Muppet Babies, and Hilarity Ensues.

This special provides examples of:

Art Shift: In a meta sense. The Muppet Babies segment is puppeteered, matching the rest of the show but differing from the cartoon. The puppets (with the exception of Baby Animal) were re-used from The Muppets Take Manhattan, officially going from Piggy's dream sequence to actual backstory status.

Bilingual Bonus: As usual, most of the Swedish Chef's dialogue is a lot of incomprehensible babble interspersed with just enough English to follow. But when he first arrives at the farmhouse, he greets Fozzie with a cheery "Glaedelig Jul!" Yep, that means "Merry Christmas" — in Danish, not Swedish.

The Cameo: During the final sequence, Uncle 'Traveling' Matt is singing alongside Doc and Sprocket.

Carnivore Confusion: One of the Swedish Chef's shticks; in this special the turkey tries to get out of being cooked by siccing the Chef on Big Bird instead. Before Big Bird arrives, he also attempts to persuade the Chef that Sprocket is a turkey, which leads to what may be the best line of the entire special:

Doc: I don't care if the turkey says the dog is the turkey! The dog is not the turkey! The turkey's the turkey, you turkey!

After the Muppet Babies segment, Doc admits that "even weirdos are cute when they're babies!"

Gonzo: I knew you'd learn to love us!

Doc: I didn't say that.

Oscar, though, doesn't share the opinion of the Sesame Street play:

Mrs. Bear: Oh, aren't they adorable.

Oscar: Don't encourage them!

Deadline News: A gag carried over from the regular Muppet Show, when the newscaster reports on the storm and states that barometers are falling sharply. And no, he's not hit by the storm, he's hit by falling barometers.

Description Cut: As they drive to Emily's farm, Fozzie gives Kermit a nostalgic description of what she will be doing at that very moment; cut to the farm, revealing that he is incorrect in every detail.

Dramatic Thunder: Count von Count IS in this, after all. Also, when the Turkey initially sics the Swedish Chef on Big Bird, we hear thunder booming for no apparent reason except to heighten the drama... except there isn't any lightning at that part!

Odd Friendship: Emily and Statler and Waldorf, and Big Bird and the Swedish Chef also form one. There are a few other minor friendly interactions between the casts, like Oscar and Rizzo or Animal and Cookie Monster.

An Odd Place to Sleep: With space at a premium, Emily tells the gang that two of them will have to sleep suspended from hangers on a hook on the wall. Gonzo and Animal are only too happy to comply.

Snowed-In: The gang must weather "the worst blizzard in fifty years," while Kermit worries about Miss Piggy, who is apparently lost in it.

Snowlems: Fozzie builds a snowman who promptly comes alive and shares his sense of humor.

Spotlight-Stealing Crossover: Most of the focus is on the Muppet Show and Sesame Street casts plus Doc and Sprocket, with Fraggle Rock and Muppet Babies getting only one major scene each (though the Fraggles are later seen showing up for caroling). As a result, most Fraggle and Babies secondary characters (like the Doozers and Gorgs for the former and Skeeter and Nanny for the latter) don't appear at all. Worse, most of the Babies scene was cut from later releases due to rights issues.

That Reminds Me of a Song: "Well, everybody, it's Christmas Eve and the tree is trimmed, so it's time for our annual carol sing!"

Throw the Dog a Bone: Fozzie actually gets some laughs when he teams up with the snowman. One of the woodland creatures even calls them the funniest comedy team in the business.

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